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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
P.J. Allsop, J.A. Senohrabek, J.M. Miller, E.F. Romaniszyn
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 2 | March 1992 | Pages 599-603
Safety; Measurement and Accountability; Operation and Maintenance; Application | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29813
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The effects on the performance of an air-detritiation dryer (ADD) of inlet-gas humidity and residual tritiated water (HTO) left on the desiccant following regeneration were demonstrated. Residual HTO significantly reduced the detritiation factor (DFSP) of an ADD from clean-bed values. In addition, HTO/H2O separation occurred in the ADD, with H2O leading HTO. HTO roll-up may also have occurred. Finally, an increase in the inlet-gas humidity at constant inlet HTO concentration decreased the DFSP while increasing the humidity-reduction factor (HRFSP).
